Steely Dan

Submitted by rudolf55 on Sun, 10/07/2007 - 03:18
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  • Can't Buy A Thrill (1972)


  • 1. Do It Again: 9.8
  • 2. Dirty Work: 10
  • 3. Kings: 9.1
  • 4. Midnight Cruiser: 9.7
  • 5. Only A Fool Would Say That: 8.0
  • 6. Reelin' In The Years: 9.0
  • 7. Fire In The Hole: 9.2
  • 8. Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me): 8.6
  • 9. Change Of The Guard: 8.5
  • 10. Turn That Heartbeat Over Again: 9.0
  • Song Average: 9.1
  • Score: 89%

  • Countdown To Ecstasy (1973)


  • 1. Bodhisattva: 9.3
  • 2. Razor Boy: 9.5
  • 3. The Boston Rag: 9.6
  • 4. Your Gold Teeth: 9.2
  • 5. Show Biz Kids: 9.0
  • 6. My Old School: 9.1
  • 7. Pearl Of The Quarter: 9.4
  • 8. King Of The World: 9.5
  • Song Average: 9.3
  • Score: 93%

  • Pretzel Logic (1974)


  • 1. Rikki Don't Lose That Number: 9.5
  • 2. Night By Night: 9.4
  • 3. Any Major Dude Will Tell You: 9.2
  • 4. Barrytown: 9.3
  • 5. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo: 8.8
  • 6. Parker's Band: 9.3
  • 7. Through With Buzz: 9.4
  • 8. Pretzel Logic: 9.6
  • 9. With A Gun: 9.8
  • 10. Charlie Freak: 9.5
  • 11. Monkey In Your Soul: 9.5
  • Song Average: 9.5
  • Score: 94%

  • Katy Lied (1975)


  • 1. Black Friday: 9.4
  • 2. Bad Sneakers: 9.2
  • 3. Rose Darling: 9.1
  • 4. Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More: 9.5
  • 5. Doctor Wu: 9.2
  • 6. Everyone's Gone To The Movies: 4.8
  • 7. Your Gold Teeth II: 7.2
  • 8. Chain Lightning: 8.0
  • 9. Any World (That I'm Welcome To): 9.0
  • 10. Throw Back The Little Ones: 8.4
  • Song Average: 8.4
  • Score: 80%

  • The Royal Scam (1976)


  • 1. Kid Charlemagne: 9.5
  • 2. The Caves Of Altamira: 9.0
  • 3. Don't Take Me Alive: 9.3
  • 4. Sign In Stranger: 9.1
  • 5. The Fez: 9.5
  • 6. Green Earrings: 8.6
  • 7. Haitian Divorce: 9.4
  • 8. Everything You Did: 9.2
  • 9. The Royal Scam: 9.1
  • Song Average: 9.2
  • Score: 90%

  • Aja (1977)


  • 1. Black Cow: 9.3
  • 2. Aja: 8.6
  • 3. Deacon Blues: 8.4
  • 4. Peg: 9.1
  • 5. Home At Last: 9.0
  • 6. I Got The News: 8.5
  • 7. Josie: 9.1
  • Song Average: 8.6
  • Score: 87%

  • Gaucho (1980)


  • 1. Babylon Sisters: 9.6
  • 2. Hey Nineteen: 9.0
  • 3. Glamour Profession: 7.8
  • 4. Gaucho: 8.0
  • 5. Time Out Of Mind: 7.9
  • 6. My Rival: 7.5
  • 7. Third World Man: 9.1
  • Song Average: 8.4
  • Score: 78%

  • Two Against Nature (2000)


  • 1. Gaslighting Abbie: 6.1
  • 2. What A Shame About Me: 5.8
  • 3. Two Against Nature: 6.4
  • 4. Jamie Runaway: 6.0
  • 5. Almost Gothic: 5.9
  • 6. Jack of Speed: 5.5
  • 7. Cousin Dupree: 6.1
  • 8. Negative Girl: 5.4
  • 9. West of Hollywood: 6.0
  • Song Average: 5.9
  • Score: 58%

  • Everything Must Go (2003)


  • 1. The Last Mall: 6.0
  • 2. Things I Miss The Most: 7.2
  • 3. Blues Beach: 5.5
  • 4. Godwhacker: 6.9
  • 5. Slang Of Ages: 5.5
  • 6. Green Book: 6.5
  • 7. Pixeleen: 6.1
  • 8. Lunch With Gina: 5.8
  • 9. Everything Must Go: 5.6
  • Song Average: 6.1
  • Score: 60%
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Rankings

1. Pretzel Logic ****1/2/*****
2. Countdown To Ecstasy ****1/2/*****
3. The Royal Scam ****1/2/*****
4. Can't Buy A Thrill ****/*****
5. Aja ****/*****
6. Katy Lied ****/*****
7. Gaucho ***1/2/*****
8. Everything Must Go ***/*****
9. Two Against Nature **1/2/*****